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Power cunsumption - F@H

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redly

Golden Member
I'm a gadget geek, so I bought a kill-a-watt power meter off of ebay. I was interested in determining how much more power my machine uses whil crunching folding@home

1st, system specs
XP2500 Barton
Shuttle MN31 nforce2 motherboard
2x256MB PC3500
2x 80GB 8mb WD drives
CD burner

steady state power consumption
103Watts

100% load F@H power consumption
132Watts

so folding@home bumps my power consumption by 29Watts
running 24hrs a day, 30 days a month is 20.88kWh
at approximately 7cents/kWh, that's a measly $1.46 premium I'm paying to run foldiing@home
or, 103W x 10hrs x 30 days=30.9kWh + 20.88kWh = 70.9kWh x $0.07= $4.96 I spend a month total to crunch. Still a pretty cheap hobby 🙂

I will be testing the same on another computer shortly
 
I have only been folding for a little while and I am already addicted to the stats and want to buy more computers to bump up my production, so I don"t know if it is going to be a cheap hobby in my case😀
 

The key thing to keep in mind is that this isn't a "hobby" rather it's an overpowering addiction.... 🙂


Hello..... my name is Brucifer, and I can't stop crunching............
 
For those of us with just a few PCs, the additional power consumption is negligible, but imagine what guys like LANMAN or networkman (the relatively "older" timers here should recognize those names 😉) pay for electricity each month! 😱
 
Originally posted by: Brucifer

The key thing to keep in mind is that this isn't a "hobby" rather it's an overpowering addiction.... 🙂


Hello..... my name is Brucifer, and I can't stop crunching............
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I just made a phone call the the AMA and they do not recognise your disease ... NOW it you get drunk while you do it ... that may be covered under you health insureance ..


m<ARK ....


TO QUOTE SOMEONE ELSE ... i CANT TYEP BUT I CAN SPELL ...

 
Hi, I'm InSIDious and my pastor said I had to come to your stupid meeting.

😛

edit: no.... I WON'T turn off my computer.
 
I am NOT addicted!

NOT, NOT, NOT!

🙂

EDIT: Thanks redly and please let us know how the other computer does.
 
I miss the days when Sid and I worked for the same company and I had a lab with ~6 computers to crunch and dump
 
Originally posted by: redly
I miss the days when Sid and I worked for the same company and I had a lab with ~6 computers to crunch and dump
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Ah yes, those were fun times.... well as long as we ignored the General 😱

That whole facility is a ghost town now, I'm glad that they sent me to Eagle Creek. You and I are both better off not to be in that hole anymore.

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But did you HAVE to move to Bumfcvk?

😀
 
My average electric bill for the past 6 months was around $155 and before I got the addiction it was around $77 average for 6 months. :Q
 
Originally posted by: BCinSC
My electric bill exceeds my car payment and I drive a Mercedes.
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Yea but you forgot to tell everyone that your auto is 20 years old and has been payed off for the past 3 weeks ...


M<ark..


 
Unfortunately, no, it's fairly new and costs about $450 a month. The Porsche, on the other hand, is 30 years old and free and clear.
 
Well, If you live in Upstate NY, Cruchin Dc is the smaller of the problem. :disgust: As a matter of fact.....It really lowers our winter heating bill. But, Summer isn't a prob either.......just open all the windows ....turn on all the fans.....and hang out in the screen house all summer. 😀
 
I use 4 crunchers to heat my basement....no lie! It's not 70 degrees down there mind you, but it's warmer than last week, prior to when I set them all up to run seti@home. Can't wait to compare my electric bills. Somebody should keep stats on who pays the most every month. That would be interesting.
 
I have been told the the norhtwest has one of the cheapest electric rates in the country due to the cheap power fro the bonneville dam. My electric bill used to be about $30 month, until I got addicted to F@H. Now it ranges from $110 to $140. I haven;t had to turn the heat on all winter yet ! (12 PC's in the house, XP2600 is the slowest, most are 3.2 ghz+)

Edit 39f outside right now. 78f inside computer room, 75f in the house.
 
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